The agent8 kill filter message-id: googlegroups.com elimninates the terrible spam I've been seeing. I guess it will eliminate some semi-legit posts.
killing google group posts
Started by ●December 5, 2023
Reply by ●December 5, 20232023-12-05
tirsdag den 5. december 2023 kl. 19.29.07 UTC+1 skrev john larkin:> The agent8 kill filter > > message-id: googlegroups.com > > elimninates the terrible spam I've been seeing.I wonder if google has abandoned usenet, previous spam storms usually stopped in a day or two>I guess it will > eliminate some semi-legit posts.I use googlegroups
Reply by ●December 5, 20232023-12-05
On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:28:56 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:>The agent8 kill filter > > message-id: googlegroups.com > >elimninates the terrible spam I've been seeing. I guess it will >eliminate some semi-legit posts.It worked ! I think it deleted the post that followed yours though. boB
Reply by ●December 5, 20232023-12-05
On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:28:56 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:>The agent8 kill filter > > message-id: googlegroups.com > >elimninates the terrible spam I've been seeing. I guess it will >eliminate some semi-legit posts.Do you know if there is a way to filter using a wile card ? (*) I don't see anything about it in Agent 8 help but I do se some logic like AND and NOT etc. Maybe Google or ChatGPT has some answers. Seems that sporge is extremely hard to filter. Or maybe there is a way to approve certain from: names ? That might be handy. boB
Reply by ●December 5, 20232023-12-05
On 2023-12-05, boB wrote:> On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:28:56 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote: > >>The agent8 kill filter >> >> message-id: googlegroups.com >> >>elimninates the terrible spam I've been seeing. I guess it will >>eliminate some semi-legit posts. > > Do you know if there is a way to filter using a wile card ? (*)Depends on your newsreader. Mine (slrn) allows regex matches (which are, if I understand the documentation correctly, relatively closely compatible to PCRE)> > I don't see anything about it in Agent 8 help but I do se some logic > like AND and NOT etc.Quick spin thru the (awful) FAQ seems like "no".> Or maybe there is a way to approve certain from: names ? > That might be handy.Really depends on what limitations your newsreader has ... I couldn't find much in the way of useful documentation for "(Forte) Agent8"; seems it's more geared towards obtaining binaries rather than general communication of "news". -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860
Reply by ●December 5, 20232023-12-05
On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:26:58 -0700, boB <boB@K7IQ.com> wrote:>On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:28:56 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote: > >>The agent8 kill filter >> >> message-id: googlegroups.com >> >>elimninates the terrible spam I've been seeing. I guess it will >>eliminate some semi-legit posts. > >Do you know if there is a way to filter using a wile card ? (*) > >I don't see anything about it in Agent 8 help but I do se some logic >like AND and NOT etc. > >Maybe Google or ChatGPT has some answers. > >Seems that sporge is extremely hard to filter. > >Or maybe there is a way to approve certain from: names ? >That might be handy. > >boB > >Agent has a complex filter command syntax, regular expressions and such, that I don't have the energy to understand and use. It may be possible to op-in some google posts, based on poster's name, but I don't know how.
Reply by ●December 5, 20232023-12-05
john larkin <jl@650pot.com> Wrote in message:r> The agent8 kill filter message-id: googlegroups.comelimninates the terrible spam I've been seeing. I guess it willeliminate some semi-legit posts.Works for me -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/usenet/index.html
Reply by ●December 5, 20232023-12-05
On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 15:51:47 -0500 (EST), Martin Rid <martin_riddle@verison.net> wrote:>john larkin <jl@650pot.com> Wrote in message:r >> The agent8 kill filter message-id: googlegroups.comelimninates the terrible spam I've been seeing. I guess it willeliminate some semi-legit posts. > >Works for meWhat usenet snobs we are!
Reply by ●December 5, 20232023-12-05
On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:58:17 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:>On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 15:51:47 -0500 (EST), Martin Rid ><martin_riddle@verison.net> wrote: > >>john larkin <jl@650pot.com> Wrote in message:r >>> The agent8 kill filter message-id: googlegroups.comelimninates the terrible spam I've been seeing. I guess it willeliminate some semi-legit posts. >> >>Works for me > >What usenet snobs we are!Found a good tutorial on using regular expressions in AGENT filters. https://alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent.narkive.com/MVlCzh4Z/agent-regular-expression-filter It's just an archive from the agent group. Some good examples explained pretty well. I'll be playing with this a bit. Hopefully I come up with something useful boB
Reply by ●December 5, 20232023-12-05
On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:56:42 -0700, boB <boB@K7IQ.com> wrote:>On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:58:17 -0800, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote: > >>On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 15:51:47 -0500 (EST), Martin Rid >><martin_riddle@verison.net> wrote: >> >>>john larkin <jl@650pot.com> Wrote in message:r >>>> The agent8 kill filter message-id: googlegroups.comelimninates the terrible spam I've been seeing. I guess it willeliminate some semi-legit posts. >>> >>>Works for me >> >>What usenet snobs we are! > > >Found a good tutorial on using regular expressions in AGENT filters. > >https://alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent.narkive.com/MVlCzh4Z/agent-regular-expression-filter > >It's just an archive from the agent group. Some good examples >explained pretty well. > >I'll be playing with this a bit. Hopefully I come up with something >useful > >boBIt would be cool to kill google posts but allow a few real people to post.
